Garment fastener



I. N. HEATWOLE.

, GARMENT; FKSTE-NER. Ar'ucumu men Mn, 5, 1921.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922;

- 3mm [m N. Heaiazole UNITED STATES ISAAC 1v. HEATWOLE, or DALTON, omo.

GARMENT FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 5, 1921. Serial No. 449,874.

To all whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. Hna'rwoLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dalton, in the county of WVayne and'State of .Ohio, have invented a new' and useful Garment Fastener, of which the following is attained by providing a fastener formed of two members, one member provided with an eye adapted to be connected to one section of a garment and the other memberpro- Vided with a hook arranged to be inserted into the eye, said hook being so formed that it cannot be removed from the eye without turning the same approximately at right angles to its normal position, thus prevent-' ing accidental opening of the fastener.

n the accompanying. drawings forming part hereof,-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment fastener embodying the invention showing the same applied to adjacent sections of a garment or the like.

Fig. 2 is a section on. an enlarged scale taken upon the line 22, Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale taken upon the line 3-3, Fig. 1,

Fig. 4: is a rear elevation of the eye member of the fastener, v

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hook member,

Fig. 6, an end elevation of'the same, and

Fig. 7 a section on the line 7-7, Fig. 4..

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

Adjacent sections of a garment are represented by the numerals 1 and 2, the sec tion 2 overlapping the section 1 as is common in coats and similar garments.

It will be understood that this fastener is especially adaptable for use upon heavy outer coats of moleskin, corduroy and the like and is designed to take the place of the monly used upon. coats of this character.

The hook member is designed to be attached to the edge portion of the section 2 of. the garment and comprises the supp t- I v mg plate 3, formed of sheet'metal and b t upon itself as best shown in Fig.- 3.

The hook 4, which is formed of wire or the like, of suitable size, is extended through an aperture 5 in the folded edge of theattaching plate, the inner extremity thereof forming an eye 6 which is located around the adiacent attaching'rivet 7, th'ese'rivets being preferably provided for attaching the plate to the garment.

The outer end of the hook at is provided with the hook proper 8, said hook portion being bent inwardly toward the garment at an angle, as well as downwardly as indicated Patented Feb. *7, 1922.

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usual arctic fasteners such as are com- I at 9, the free extremity thereof extending outwardly away from the garment as well as upwardly at an angle as shown at 10.

The eye member comprises the sheet metal platell, the edge portion thereof being bent over a somewhat similar plate 12, as shown at 13, for the purpose of connecting the two plates together, the forward edges of these two plates, however, not being connected together.

The outer plate 11 is provided with an opening 14; arranged to receive the hook, the inner plate 12 being provided with a depression 15 registering with said aperture, forming a chamber through which the hook is passed. The eye member may be attached other article upon which the fastener is carried, it is necessary to turn the upper end of the supporting plate of the hook member outwardly away from the garment upon the shank 4 of the hook as an axis, into a position approximately at right angles to the normal position of the hook member. The free extremity 10 of thehook is then inserted into the opening 14 in the eye member and the hook member is turned back to the normal position, thus fastening the members together as shown in Fig. 1.

In order to unfasten the device it is necessary to again tum'the supporting plate of the hook member outwardly away from the garment at right angles before the hook can be disengaged from the eye member. It will,

garment by means of the rivets 16 as 'turning the upper end of the Supporting plate of the hook member outwardly as described, in order to fasten or unfasten the device, the upper endof the supporting plate of the eye member may be turned inwardly tothe-same extent; or each member'may be given a partial turn in opposite directions in order to allow the hook to be inserted in or: disengaged from the eye.

lV'th th's construction it will be seen that the possibility of the fastener becoming accidentally opened is reduced to a minimum, as there Wlll be little probability of the garment being accidentally moved into such position as to allow the hook to become disengaged from the eye.

The chamber formed by the depression 15 in the rear plate 12 of the eyemember is of, sufficient depth to allow free movement of the hook therethrough in fastening or unfastening the device as above described,

7 above described.

I claim A separable fastener including an eye member and a hook member, the hook member having a. hookv located at an angle to the normal plane of the eye member and arranged to be twisted upon the axis of the hook in order to insert the same in the eye member, or; release the same therefrom, the:

eye member comprising twospaced sheets of metal, the outer sheet having an aperture spaced from theedp -e the inner sheet having an open ended chamber therein com municating with 'saidaperture and adapted to receive the hook.

In testimony that I claim. the above l have hereunto subscribed my name.

ISAAC N. HEATWOLE. 

